The Ultimate Bigfoot, Sasquatch or Yeti Quiz

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The Ultimate Bigfoot, Sasquatch or Yeti Quiz
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What's that tall, dark and furry figure striding ominously through the woods? Is it a bear? A moose? Or something more mysterious? Maybe now is the time to test your Bigfoot/Yeti cred with our 'squatchy' little quiz.
The study of animals that are not recognized by science (like Bigfoot and Yeti) is called:
cryptozoology
pseudozoology
fraudulology
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Cryptozoologists are also into other elusive creatures, like the Yeti, Loch Ness monster and chupacabras.

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The earliest accounts of "sasquatch" don't mention the tall, ape-like creature we think of today. Instead, they refer to what?
Bipedal black bears
Escaped zoo monkeys
Giant Indians
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British Columbia school teacher John W. Burns collected the stories from Native Americans on the Chehalis Indian Reserve in the 1920s.

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The word "sasquatch" originates from the folklore of what Native American group?
Tillamook
Tlingit
Coast Salish
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The Coast Salish called the creature "Sokqueatl" or "Ssosq'tal."

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This man's 1955 Bigfoot encounter is considered the first modern Sasquatch sighting.
Gerald Simpson
Sam Farnsworth
William Roe
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Roe said the creature was six feet tall and three feet wide and covered from head to toe with dark brown hair.

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Which is a scientific name given to Bigfoot?
Gigantopithecus
Enormosapien
Apeoid Erectus
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Bigfoot enthusiast Dr. Grover Krantz named it Gigantopithecus after a primate that roamed South Asia between 8 million and 150,000 years ago.

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According to the Bigfoot Field Researchers Association, which state boasts the most Bigfoot sightings?
Florida
Washington
California
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With 618 sightings Washington might as well be called the Bigfoot State.

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Bigfoot's snow-loving cousin, the Yeti, is usually associated with which mountain range?
Himalayas
Andes
Rockies
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At home in his Himalayan hideout, the Yeti is also called the Abominable Snowman.

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The term "Big Foot" was popularized after huge footprints were found at a construction site outside of Klamath, California, in what year?
1758
1858
1958
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While sightings of tall, ape-like creatures had been reported before, the 1958 incident got a great deal of attention because it was widely reported in the news.

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Bigfoot plays a starring role in what 1980s movie?
"Harry and the Hendersons"
"Big, Tall and Smelly"
"Creature From the Deep Woods"
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No, the Bigfoot in "Harry and the Hendersons" wasn't real; it was played by actor Kevin Peter Hall.

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What company airs "Messin' with Sasquatch" commercials?
Slim Jim
Jack Link's
Oberto
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Jack Link's ran the first of these ads in 2006.

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What now-relocated NBA team's mascot was a Sasquatch?
San Diego Clippers
Vancouver Grizzlies
Seattle Supersonics
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Seattle's hairiest cheerleader was named "Squatch."

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According to the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, which is the only state without a Bigfoot sighting?
Hawaii
Delaware
Rhode Island
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Hawaii is Bigfoot-free, while Delaware and Rhode Island have the next fewest sightings with just five each.

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According to a 2007 Baylor Religion Survey, what percentage of Americans believe Bigfoot "absolutely" exists?
3.1 percent
13 percent
44.3 percent
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Just 3.1 percent are Bigfoot believers, while 39.6 percent believe it's "absolutely not" real.

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What duo captured the most famous film of Bigfoot at Bluff Creek, California, in 1967?
Hawthorne and Neal
Gimlin and Patterson
Davis and Walters
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Because of the film, Bob Gimlin is a bit of a celebrity in the Bigfoot researcher community.

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Which is NOT a television show about the search for Bigfoot?
"Finding Bigfoot"
"Bigfoot Captured"
"Where is Bigfoot?"
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"Where is Bigfoot?" is not one of the many Bigfoot-themed shows on television these days.

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What is Arkansas's most famous Bigfoot?
Fouke Monster
Little Rock Longlegs
Ozark Apeman
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The Fouke Monster, also known as the Boggy Creek Monster, was the subject of the 1972 semi-factual documentary, "The Legend of Boggy Creek."

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What state is home to the Bigfoot known as Grassman?
Kansas
Ohio
North Dakota
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Ohio's Grassman is said to be seven feet tall and live in an igloo-like grass hut.

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Which mountain range is home to Bigfoot's snow-loving counterpart, the Yeti?
Himalayas
Andes
Rockies
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The Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world, are certainly an excellent hideout for a mysterious creature like the Yeti.

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The name "Yeti" is probably a mispronunciation of "Yeh-teh," a term for the creature used by what ethnic group?
Gurung
Sherpa
Tharu
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The Sherpa word Yeh-teh means "animal of rocky places."

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Himalayan lore originally described the Yeti as:
a dark-furred creature resembling a gorilla
a tall, white-furred beast that walks on two legs
a blue human with icicles for hair
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These days people think of it as basically a white bigfoot, but in Himalayan lore it's actually a dark, gorilla-like creature.

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When did the first Westerner report a Yeti sighting?
1732
1832
1932
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The 1832 account came from Brian Hodgson, a British gentlemen-explorer living in Nepal.

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The term "Abominable Snowman" has become synonymous with "Yeti" thanks to:
an ancient Sherpa religious text
a popular Nepalese novel
a mistranslation
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Journalist Henry Newman committed the mistranslation while covering the Everest Reconnaissance Expedition in 1921, but the name stuck.

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Whose 1951 footprint discovery brought worldwide attention to the Yeti?
Eric Shipton
Francois Liege
Gyalzen Norbu Sherpa
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After Eric Shipton's discover, a number of expeditions were sent to Central Asia to search for the Yeti.

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A man named Tom Slick led three Yeti expeditions in the 1950s. What was his occupation?
oilman
biologist
hunting guide
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The appropriately named Slick was an oilman from -- where else -- Texas. He also funded expeditions to search for Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster.

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One of the most famous television Yetis appeared in the 1964 stop-motion classic, "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer." What was his name?
Bumble
Sam
Hermey
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Bumble was going to eat Rudolph's family before Sam the snowman, Hermey the elf and Yukon Cornelius the prospector intervened. Yikes!

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The Pangbouche Buddhist monastery in Nepal claims to possess what part of a Yeti?
the skull
the scalp
the tail
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The monastery boasted a Yeti scalp as well as a hand. The scalp turned out to be a serow pelt and the hand was actually human.

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What famous mountain climber participated in a Yeti expedition in 1960-61?
David Livingstone
Roald Amundsen
Sir Edmund Hillary
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After testing much of the supposed evidence, Hillary ultimately called the Yeti a "fairy tale."

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What animal is frequently mistaken for a Yeti?
Escaped zoo orangutans
Brown bears
Yaks
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In addition to brown bears, rocks and human hermits have also been mistaken for Yeti.

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What Disney/Pixar movie includes a Yeti cameo?
"Cars"
"Finding Nemo"
"Monsters, Inc."
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The Yeti is voiced by John Ratzenberger, who famously played Cliff Clavin on the 1980s sitcom "Cheers."

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Which is NOT named after the Yeti?
Nepal's largest bank
A line of cooler chests
A cycling company
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While Nepal's largest bank isn't named after the Yeti, it's largest airline is.

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